The Same DC Cop Who Beat Innocent Trump Supporter Victoria White Nearly to Death on Jan. 6 – Was Driving Around with the DC Antifa Leader During the June 2020 Riots

To our TGP readers: We had the honor and pleasure to speak with and interview Victoria White in October 2022. Victoria is a wonderful American, a committed mother, a victim of unbelievable police violence, and a beautiful person. Victoria was beaten over 40 times with open fists and sticks on January 6.

Victoria White from Rochester, Minnesota attended the Stop the Steal rally in Washington DC on January 6th. Like many Americans that day it was her first time she ever visited Washington DC. She was excited to attend the rally and stand with President Trump at the Ellipse.

What started as a wonderful trip with family and friends turned into a bloody nightmare. Victoria White was nearly killed by DC police officers during the rally. The police officers, led by Officer Jason Bagshaw beat her in the face and shoulders nearly 40 times with sticks and their fists. Then they dragged her through the US Capitol shoeless and forced her to wait outside without a phone, a coat, or a ride after they released her hours later.

This was after Victoria broke up Antifa activists breaking windows at the US Capitol.

To add insult to injury, the FBI later raided her home and arrested her in Minnesota.

Victoria White was brutally beaten near death by the US Capitol Police.

According to previous statements by local attorney Joseph McBride:

She is hit approximately thirty- five times over the course of 4 minutes and 30 seconds, while appearing to be begging for mercy the entire time. She is hit with the baton while facing away. She is hit with the baton while facing forward. She is speared and poked with the baton about the face so as to inflict maximum pain. She collapses more than once and is stood up by the officers only to be maced and beaten again. At some point, White-shirt puts away his baton, not because he is showing mercy because he has a clear avenue to her face. As such, he unloads on the defenseless woman punching her five times in five seconds, directly in the face, with all of his might.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/same-dc-cop-who-pummeled-innocent-trump-supporter/

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/same-dc-cop-who-pummeled-innocent-trump-supporter/

Japanese PM weighs in on NATO membership

Fumio Kishida confirmed that the US-led military bloc is looking to open a liaison office in Japan

Japan has no plans to become a member of NATO, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said.

He told the national parliament on Wednesday that Tokyo would not be joining the US-led military bloc in any form, according to Reuters.

Earlier this month, Japanese Ambassador to the US Koji Tomita told Nikkei Asia that Japan was “working” towards opening a NATO liaison office in Tokyo, which would become the bloc’s first in Asia.

The same outlet had earlier reported that the mission, which is scheduled to open next year, would be aimed at facilitating NATO’s consultations with Japan and its other allies in the Asia-Pacific, such as Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, in light of geopolitical challenges posed by China and Russia.

Kishida confirmed to MPs that NATO is considering the possibility of establishing a liaison office in the country. However, he added that he was “not aware of any decision made” within the bloc regarding the mission.

The alliance has recently openly admitted its interests in the Indo-Pacific. Last June, the bloc’s allies from the region participated in a NATO summit for the first time ever. Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea have also been invited to the event this year. The 2023 summit will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11 and 12.

Russia, which strongly opposes NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe, has criticized the bloc’s attempts to extend its activities into Asia. In March, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the push by the US and its allies to create what he called a “global NATO” resembled the actions of Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan in the 1930s before the outbreak of World War II.

China has also urged its Asian neighbors to exercise “high vigilance” in response to reports of NATO planning to open its first liaison office in the region. Such a move “will inevitably undermine regional peace and stability and stoke camp confrontation,” Beijing warned, adding that the Asia-Pacific region was “not a wrestling ground for geopolitical competition.”

https://www.rt.com/news/576812-nato-japan-office-kishida/

We want to kill Putin – Ukrainian deputy intelligence chief

Vadim Skibitsky told the media that the Russian president feels Kiev’s operatives are “getting closer to him”

https://www.rt.com/russia/576842-ukraine-putin-kill-list/

Ukraine’s top general gravely wounded in Russian strike – RIA

Valery Zaluzhny will no longer be able to command Kiev’s forces due to head trauma, a source claimed to the agency

https://www.rt.com/russia/576833-ukraine-commander-zaluzhny-injury/

Zelensky’s penthouse seized in Crimea

The luxury apartment is on Russia’s list of nationalized assets

https://www.rt.com/business/576834-crimea-zelensky-penthouse-seized/

Robert Kennedy, Jr: “Trump Has Shown Himself to Be the Most Devastating Debater Probably Since Abraham Lincoln”

Democratic candidate for president, Robert Kennedy, Jr. joined Megyn Kelly earlier this week.

Robert Kennedy, Jr. continues to be the most interesting and honest Democrat candidate the party has fielded in decades.

During their discussion, RFK, Jr. told Megyn Kelly,

“President Biden at some point is going to have to debate President Trump as the Presumptive Nominee of the Republican Party. President Trump has shown himself to be the most devastating debater probably since Abraham Lincoln in terms of just his capacity to obliterate and dispatch opponents.”

Of course, this is completely honest statement and did not go unnoticed by the Trump campaign.

President Trump reposted this on Truth Social on Wednesday.

In 2016, President Trump wiped the floor with a dozen prominent Republican candidates, including several successful governors and business leaders.

The Democrat Party will not like to hear this. Tough.

Robert Kennedy, Jr. continues to impress.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/robert-kennedy-jr-trump-has-shown-himself-be/

North Face Unveils New Ad Featuring Drag Queen For Pride Month

Get woke, go broke.

The North Face thought it was a great idea to feature a drag queen to sell clothing to rugged outdoorsman.

“Hi! It’s me Pattiegonia! A real life homosexual! And today I am here with The North Face!” the drag queen said.

“And we are inviting you here to COME OUT in nature with usssss!” he said.

“🌈 Nature lets you be who you are, so, for the second year in a row @thenorthface is hosting Summer of Pride together with @pattiegonia (they/she) to celebrate you and all the beautiful ways you get outside.” Pattiegonia said on Instagram on Tuesday.

“And because we believe that exploration can take many shapes and forms, we’re making these events so much more than just a hiking tour. We’ll have workshops, panels and activities for all individuals who love to be outside.” the drag queen said.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/north-face-unveils-new-ad-featuring-drag-queen/

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Treasury is Hiding Human Sex Trafficking Documents on Hunter Biden – With Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers of People Involved in Prostitution Rings – Including Russians

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) joined Steve Bannon on Wednesday morning on The War Room to discuss the ongoing deep state corruption. MTG told Steve Bannon that Treasury is holding onto documents that show Hunter Biden’s firm paying accounts known to be running prostitution rings.

Steve Bannon: Nancy Mace said in these reports, as you’ve gone through them, the thickest file is in what you guys call human trafficking… People’s heads blow up when they see that. And I’m going to make sure as you and Congressman Mace have gone through and looked at these things, that the bank sent to treasury, the thickest file you go through is related to human trafficking. What does that mean?

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Let me be clear. It’s not us labeling this ‘human sex trafficking.’ Those are the words used in the reports.

Steve Bannon: Hang on for a second. They have a summary report and it says “human sex trafficking” in the report.

MTG: It also says prostitution rings… These are related to Hunter Biden and his law firm. His law firm with transactions paying people who were Wells Fargo customers who were involved in a “known prostitution ring” in what appears to be “alleged human sex trafficking.” I am quoting the report when I say that, and these reports have been in there for a very long time. This is the information that went public from the Hunter Biden laptop, but is backed up with actual SARS reports in the Treasury from banks that state it as a fact, and then we have the bank statements to back it up.

Steve Bannon: …Did that go to the FBI? Did that go to the Justice Department? Did other entities? Because when reports done, it says human sex trafficking. Aren’t alarms supposed to go off inside? We pay $5 trillion for this. Aren’t alarms supposed to go off?

MTG: These reports have names, addresses, phone numbers, passports, passport numbers, birthdates of the people involved, in the transactions of the people involved in the known prostitution ring… These women, many of them are United States citizens, but there’s quite a few of them that are not. They are Russian and Ukrainian. Russian and Ukrainian. Now we already know that Eric Swalwell had a sexual relationship with a Chinese spy that created serious national security complications. What we need to understand is did Hunter Biden, by being so involved in drug use and not in control of himself and having repeated, repeated, repeatedly paying for prostitutes from Russia and Ukraine. What kind of danger did he put America in? What were these women exposed to? What information were they able to learn? What information were they able to gain? What do they know and what do Russia and Ukraine know based on Hunter Biden paying for sex, being involved in human sex trafficking with women from Russia and Ukraine? Were they spies?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/marjorie-taylor-greene-treasury-is-hiding-human-sex/

The Atlantic Claims Twitter Is Now A 'Far Right Social Network'

The corporate media is terrified. Their propensity for fear is painfully obvious, but what are they really scared of?

If we examine their arguments and complaints closely the same narrative seems to pop up with incessant fervor: They see more free speech and the creation of alternatives as an existential threat to their agenda. They used to say the “culture war” was nothing more than a conspiracy theory, and yet they attack any platform outside of their influence as if they are in the midst of World War III.

It may be hard to understand how this small group of elitists, which controls the vast majority of corporate news and communications outlets in the western world, could be so threatened by the policy shift of a single social media website like Twitter.

The Atlantic, a far-left media organization, has been at the forefront of the battle against Twitter after the swift takeover by Elon Musk. Their claim? That Musk has turned Twitter into a 'far-right social network' that offers a “haven to conspiracy theories, prejudices, fear mongering and bigotry.”

In other words, anyone who disagrees with the political left is a far-right bigot. The Atlantic insinuates in its latest article that Musk made “anti-Semitic remarks” about George Soros and spends his time giving positive nods to “racist memes.” None of this is true, but The Atlantic is like a broken record or an autistic parrot; they just can't stop repeating the same tired mantras over and over again.

The political left and the corporate media have become so distant from the rest of America and western culture that they actually associate free speech with the far-right as if it's a bad thing. From The Atlantic:

“Truth Social, a website backed in part by Donald Trump, says it encourages “an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating on the basis of political ideology.” This language is indistinguishable from the way that [Tucker] Carlson spoke of Musk’s Twitter, arguing that “there aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech,” and that the site is “the last big one remaining in the world.” If it acts like a right-wing website and markets itself as a right-wing website, it just might be a right-wing website.”

It's true that the change in leadership at Twitter has, so far, resulted in a resurgence of free speech on the platform. Some national governments (like Turkey) continue to try to throttle speech on Twitter, and there are many concerns surrounding Musk's hiring of WEF member Linda Yaccarino as CEO, but the overall removal of censorship on the site has been going in a positive direction.

While we can't really weigh in on the ultimate future of Twitter, it's fair to say that Musk has kept his word and made a real effort to expunge the old censorious guard from the halls of the company. This has enraged the high priests of legacy media.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/atlantic-claims-twitter-now-far-right-social-network

Hillary Clinton Who Was Behind the Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax Says Trump Winning in 2024 Would ‘End Democracy in America’

Seven years later and twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is still making the rounds complaining about losing to Donald Trump.

Pressed on whether Trump will win a second term, Clinton insisted she was the rightful victor of the 2016 presidential race

“The Electoral College is a terrible anachronism that, you know, has caused people like me who win the popular vote not to be president,” Clinton grumbled at an event hosted by the Financial Times in Washington, DC. “But that’s beside the point.”

“So think about this. I win by nearly 3 million votes over Trump in 2016. I lose the Electoral College by 77,000 votes. Biden wins by over 7 million votes and wins the Electoral College by 100,000 votes. It was a mirror image of what happened to me, only I was on the losing side and Biden was on the winning side.”

The scandal-plagued former secretary of state warned Trump is livid because he failed to steal the 2020 election as he had in 2016.

Trump “is angry because his game failed, his rigged game to steal the election,” she said.

A return of Trump to the White House will spell gloom and doom, Clinton seethed.

“If Trump wins, which I do not believe will happen, let me just quickly say that. If in some scenario that were to happen, it would be the end of democracy in the United States, it would be the end of Ukraine. It would become a — you know, he will pull us out of NATO if he wins again. And just like he pulled us out of the Iran deal, he pulled us out of the Paris Accords. He will pull us out of NATO.”

https://youtu.be/2TlgDSJS8zY

On Friday, Biden was captured nearly slipping on a set of stairs while visiting Japan for the G7 summit. He caught himself before hitting the ground. Biden has publicly fallen and stumbled more than any president in history and can barely walk or talk.

Asked about Biden’s competency amid his ostensibly fragile health, Clinton ceded Biden’s age “is a concern for anyone” and “an issue” that “people have every right to consider.”

She then touted Biden’s ability to compete and create jobs.

“I am of the camp that I think he’s determined to run; he has a good record that, three years ago, people would not have predicted would have gotten done,” Clinton said. “He doesn’t get the credit yet that he deserves for what is happening out in the country in terms of jobs, growth, planning for the future with CHIPS and other stuff.

“I obviously hope he stays very focused and able to compete in the election because I think he can be reelected and that is what we should all hope for.”

Eighty-year-old Biden recently launched his 2024 reelection bid. He would be 86-years-old by the end of a second term.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/hillary-clinton-who-was-behind-trump-russia-collusion/

Microsoft launches AI to moderate 'harmful content' and 'inappropriate' speech and images

Microsoft announced a launch of a new moderation tool powered by artificial intelligence to combat "harmful" and "inappropriate content," according to TechCrunch.

The program, called Azure AI Content Safety, is used through the Azure AI product platform to to detect "inappropriate" content in images and text. The tools assign a severity score of 0-100 to the alleged cyber infraction to indicate how moderators should police their platform. It can currently interpret content in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese.

“Microsoft has been working on solutions in response to the challenge of harmful content appearing in online communities for over two years. We recognized that existing systems weren’t effectively taking into account context or able to work in multiple languages,” a Microsoft spokesperson told TechCrunch. “New [AI] models are able to understand content and cultural context so much better. They are multilingual from the start … and they provide clear and understandable explanations, allowing users to understand why content was flagged or removed," Microsoft's statement added.

Prices for the moderation tool start at $1.50 per 1,000 images and $.65 per 1,000 text records. The tool can be applied to communities such as gaming platforms, as well.

Regarding the possibility of gaming terminology, such as "attacking" something, being misinterpreted, a Microsoft spokesperson said that the company has "a team of linguistic and fairness experts that worked to define the guidelines taking into account cultural, language and context."

“We then trained the AI models to reflect these guidelines. … AI will always make some mistakes, [however,] so for applications that require errors to be nearly non-existent we recommend using a human-in-the-loop to verify results," they added.

Microsoft's Sarah Bird explained that the Azure AI Content Safety protocol is what has been powering Microsoft's Bing chatbot. It is "now launching it as a product that third-party customers can use,” Bird said.

TechCrunch pointed out what it believed to be previous problems with Microsoft's content moderation, such as with Microsoft's Bing Chat AI that launched in February 2023.

In a February 8, 2023 article, the outlet worried that the AI was spreading COVID-19 "disinformation." When website-scoring outlet NewsGuard asked the AI to write a paragraph about Pfizer from the point of view of a specific vaccine skeptic, TechCrunch took issue that the AI generated a realistic response. The outlet also warned that "explicitly forbidden topics and behaviors can be accessed" through prompting the AI to answer such questions.

The outlet also warned that the AI would respond with harmful rhetoric "in the style of Hitler" when prompted.

According to Microsoft, the program does protect against biased, sexist, racist, hateful, and violent and self-harming content.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/microsoft-ai-content-moderation

https://twitter.com/Epstein_News/status/1661069549020811264

Netanyahu Government Says Doubled Airstrikes in Syria

Israel has frequently targeted the Aleppo airport in its airstrikes against Syria this year

Israel’s defense minister said Monday that the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled airstrikes in Syria since taking power in late December 2022.

“Since I took office, the number of Israeli strikes against the Iranians in Syria have doubled,” Israeli Defense Yoav Gallant said.

While Israel frames its airstrikes in Syria as operations against Iran, and they occasionally kill Iranians, the strikes often kill or wound Syrian soldiers and civilians. This year, Israel targeted Syria’s Aleppo airport several times following an earthquake that devastated the city.

Israeli officials rarely comment on individual airstrikes in Syria, and Gallant would not offer a number on how many strikes have been launched by the Netanyahu government. He claimed the operations are weakening Iran’s capabilities in Syria.

“As part of this campaign, we are working methodically to strike the Iranian intelligence capabilities in Syria,” he said. “These strikes inflict significant damage to the attempts by the Revolutionary Guard to establish a foothold a few kilometers from the Israeli border.”

The uptick in Israeli airstrikes came as Netanyahu has been facing a political crisis over a planned judicial overhaul. There has also been a surge in violence against Palestinians, including a recent bombing campaign in Gaza.

https://news.antiwar.com/2023/05/23/netanyahu-government-says-doubled-airstrikes-in-syria/

Senior FBI Counterintel Official Stuns Lawmakers With Admission On Durham Report

A senior FBI official stunned GOP members of Congress on Tuesday upon testifying that she has not read or even been briefed on special counsel John Durham‘s report.

Jill Murphy, the FBI’s deputy assistant director of counterintelligence, said during a hearing that she has not “had time” to read the report that was released early last week, though she intends to get to it.

The report, which came at the conclusion of a years-long inquiry, heavily criticized the FBI probe into alleged links between Donald Trump‘s 2016 campaign and Russia.

Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, said he was “speechless” upon hearing that Murphy had not read the report.

“I would highly recommend reading that because we spent four years discussing that — there was uncorroborated evidence. The Durham report specifically outlines the outcome of that. It’s very disappointing to hear this,” he said.

Although the hearing was focused on Chinese Communist Party “aggression,” other members of the subcommittee took the opportunity to talk about Durham’s report.

Under questioning by Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), Murphy conceded that she had not even been briefed on Durham’s report.

Bishop said the report was “devastating” to the FBI and should be of “grave concern” to Murphy in particular because of her role.

“Sir, if you’d like a brief on the Durham report from the Counterintelligence Division, I’m happy to take that back,” Murphy said upon being pressed about why she has not urgently dug into the special counsel’s findings.

“Wow, that sounds almost contemptuous,” Bishop shot back, adding later: “I’m just without words, that the FBI is unconcerned.”

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), who offered a negative critique of the Durham inquiry, took aim at his Republican colleagues for being heavily critical of the FBI and even talking about defunding the agency.

“The problem they have is that the FBI is doing its job in investigating their dear leader Donald Trump,” Goldman said. “And if you can undermine the investigator, if you can undermine independent journalists doing investigative reporting, then you can undermine our entire system of democracy.”

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2023/05/senior-fbi-counterintel-official-stuns.html

Newsom knocks Target CEO for pulling LGBTQ merchandise from stores

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday slammed Target’s chief executive for pulling LGBTQ and Pride Month merchandise from store shelves after facing backlash and threats of violence from some customers.

“CEO of Target Brian Cornell selling out the LGBTQ+ community to extremists is a real profile in courage. This isn’t just a couple stores in the South. There is a systematic attack on the gay community happening across the country,” Newsom wrote in a tweet Tuesday night.

“Wake up America. This doesn’t stop here. You’re black? You’re Asian? You’re Jewish? You’re a woman? You’re next,” the California governor continued.

On Tuesday, Target announced it was making “adjustments to our plans” to promote and sell Pride Month merchandise, which has been on sale since the beginning of May, ahead of Pride Month, which is June. Target attributed the decision to “volatile circumstances” that were impacting staff’s “sense of safety and well-being while at work.”

Target did not say which items would be removed from shelves but confirmed it moved its Pride merchandise to the back of some stores in the South.

“Since introducing this year’s collection, we’ve experienced threats impacting our team members’ sense of safety and well-being while at work,” Target’s statement read. ”Given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior.”

According to the most recent FBI data, hate crimes reported against people targeted for their sexual orientation increased by 54 percent from 2020 to 2021. The same data show hate crimes against transgender and gender-nonconforming people increased by 29 percent in 2021.

Debate over the legality and morality of some gender-affirming health care has increased in recent years, with some states banning its administration to minors. Bud Light also recently received public backlash from some of its consumers after partnering with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney as part of a social media campaign.

https://thehill.com/homenews/4018653-newsom-knocks-target-ceo-for-pulling-lgbtq-merchandise-from-stores/

San Francisco public safety meeting descends into chaos as woman throws BRICK at Mayor London Breed who vows to crack down on open-air drug market and city will finally allow cops to arrest people shooting up in broad daylight

Mayor London Breed was hosting an open-air hearing at United Nations Plaza to discuss the city's drug crisis before it had to be cut short following disruption

Elysia Katet, 26, was charged with throwing a brick towards Breed's podium, where it struck a high school student

Breed's effort to crack down on drug use comes after more than 70,000 residents fled during the pandemic due to crime and rising cost of living

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12119789/San-Francisco-public-safety-meeting-descends-chaos-woman-throws-BRICK-Mayor-London-Breed.html

Republicans challenge Special Counsel John Durham to explain why FBI top brass James Comey and Andrew McCabe DECLINED to cooperate with his damning investigation

Special Counsel John Durham released a scathing report last week finding the FBI 'failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law'

Crossfire Hurricane was the internal code name for an investigation by the FBI that began in 2016 to look into possible links between the then-Trump campaign and Russia

Republican senators Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley are pressing Special Counsel John Durham to provide answers about why top FBI officials - including former Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe - refused to cooperate with his investigation into the agency's opening of the Trump-Russia collusion probe.

Durham released a scathing report last week finding the Department of Justice and the FBI had no basis to launch the Trump-Russia probe, known as Crossfire Hurricane, and 'failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law.'

Durham - who was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr in 2019 to look into misconduct related to Crossfire Hurricane - concluded four years later that the FBI opened the flawed probe 'based on raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence.'

He issued 2,800 subpoenas, executed 500 search warrants and conducted hundreds of interviews with key officials including Hillary Clinton and her campaign associates, Trump campaign officials and hundreds of involved FBI officials - but notably a few of the FBI's top brass at the time refused to cooperate with Durham's probe.

Durham did not interview James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strozk, Bill Preistap, Kevin Clinesmith - who was convicted by Durham for illegally altering an email - and Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS, which the Republican senators call 'odd.'

'As we continue to review the report, we noticed that several high-level former government officials directly involved in Crossfire Hurricane either declined or partially declined to cooperate with your investigation,' Johnson, R-Wis., and Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote to Durham in a letter Tuesday.

The senators point to a footnote in the report that stated 'some personnel' in the FBI's Counterintelligence Division 'refused to cooperate' with the investigation.

FBI leadership intervened to 'urge those individuals to agree to be interviewed,' the report also notes.

'It seems odd that individuals would be allowed to avoid fully cooperating with your office, particularly given your authority to compel testimony and records,' they write.

The Republicans are pressing Durham to provide information on whether Durham issued subpoenas to those specific individuals and whether DOJ 'impeded' any of his office's investigative practices.

They also demand to know if there are additional FBI personnel who refused to cooperate.

The information requested is being sought by May 30.

Durham is set to testify before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on June 20.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12119701/Republicans-demand-John-Durham-explain-key-FBI-brass-DECLINED-cooperate-probe.html

The FBI just got caught in yet more massive, outrageous FISA abuses

Like the casino gambling scene in “Casablanca,” the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court is “shocked, shocked” that the Federal Bureau of Investigation continues to ravage the privacy of vast numbers of Americans.

For each American the FISA court permitted the FBI to target, the bureau illicitly surveilled almost 1,000 additional Americans.

The court’s just-revealed ruling signals the FBI presumed any American suspected of supporting the Jan. 6, 2021, protests forfeited their constitutional rights.

FISA was enacted in 1978 to curb the rampant illegal political spying exposed during the Nixon administration.

After the 9/11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration decided the president was entitled to order the National Security Agency to vacuum up Americans’ and foreigners’ emails and other data without a warrant.

Federal judges disagreed, and the result was a 2008 FISA reform that authorized the feds to continue commandeering vast amounts of data.

But under Section 702 of that law, the FBI was permitted to conduct warrantless searches of that stash for Americans’ data only to seek foreign intelligence information or evidence of crime.

The heavily redacted 2022 opinion finally released Friday revealed the FBI conducted 278,000 improper searches of Americans in 2020 and early 2021.

Incredibly, the bureau conducted roughly 3.4 million warrantless searches of Americans in 2021 via Section 702.

The day before, Thursday, an FBI whistleblower revealed in congressional testimony that FBI headquarters pressured agents to treat anyone who attended the Jan. 6 protests as a criminal suspect.

The FISA court opinion reveals the FBI wrongfully cast a far broader net.

Roughly 2,000 protesters supporting President Donald Trump (including an unknown number of undercover agents and informants) entered the Capitol that day.

But an FBI analyst exploited FISA to unjustifiably conduct searches on 23,132 Americans citizens “to find evidence of possible foreign influence, although the analyst conducting the queries had no indications of foreign influence,” according to FISA Chief Judge Rudolph Contreras.

The court ruling did not disclose the standards (if any) the FBI used for its warrantless Jan. 6 searches. Did Twitter retweets suffice?

It gets worse. The FBI exploited FISA to target 19,000 donors to the campaign of an unnamed candidate who challenged an incumbent member of Congress.

An FBI analyst justified the warrantless searches by claiming “the campaign was a target of foreign influence,” but even the Justice Department concluded that almost all those searches violated FISA rules. (In March, Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) revealed he had been wrongly targeted by the FBI in numerous FISA 702 searches — but he wasn’t the challenger mentioned here.)

The FBI also conducted secret searches of the emails and other data of 133 people arrested during the 2020 protests after George Floyd’s killing.

And the bureau conducted 656 warrantless searches to see if it could find any derogatory information on people it planned to use as informants.

https://nypost.com/2023/05/21/the-fbi-just-got-caught-in-yet-more-massive-outrageous-fisa-abuses/

https://nypost.com/2023/05/21/the-fbi-just-got-caught-in-yet-more-massive-outrageous-fisa-abuses/

Migrant Who Raped and Killed Maryland Woman Was Known MS-13 Affiliate, Report Finds

The Biden administration has 'failed to implement basic screening and vetting measures' at the border, lawmakers say

The Salvadoran national who raped and killed a 20-year-old American citizen was granted entry into the United States in spite of his MS-13 affiliation and arrest record, a congressional investigation found.

The unnamed 17-year-old alien charged with the rape and murder of Kayla Hamilton was arrested "years before coming to the U.S." for "illicit association with the dangerous MS-13 gang," Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee reported Tuesday. The report claims the alien’s history should have been detected by either Border Patrol or the Department of Health and Human Services, both of which held the alien in custody before releasing him into the country. It is unclear why the alien never received a sufficient background check, but the report suggests lax immigration policies are to blame.

"The sad fact is that [Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas] and the Biden Administration have failed to implement basic screening and vetting measures—such as checking with law enforcement officials in an alien's home country—to ensure that those entering the U.S. are not dangerous criminals or known gang members," the report reads. "This callous disregard for the safety of Americans, in the name of expedited alien processing, resulted in the tragic and preventable murder of Kayla Hamilton."

The case offers a window into how the Biden administration’s lax border policies put Americans at risk across the country. At least 14,136 unaccompanied minors entered the United States at the same time as the unidentified suspect, a small subset of the 5.5 million aliens who have entered the United States illegally since President Joe Biden took office. Some of those aliens who entered the country illegally have gone on to commit high-profile crimes, including the Mexican national—who had been deported at least four times since 2009—suspected of killing five neighbors in Texas last month.

The 17-year-old suspect in the case, who has not been named due to his age, arrived at the southern border as an unaccompanied minor in March 2022. After his apprehension by Border Patrol, the suspect was then transferred to a Health and Human Services facility before being released into the custody of an alleged first cousin in Maryland.

The suspect then fled home after just a month, local authorities said. Two months later, he allegedly raped and killed Hamilton, an autistic woman who lived in Aberdeen, Maryland. The alien was arrested in January and charged with first-degree murder, robbery, and rape.

The report notes a number of warning signs that law enforcement overlooked before and after the suspect was released from federal custody. Maryland police discovered that the alleged murderer had gang tattoos upon his arrest which were not noted in his case file, the report states.

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/migrant-who-raped-and-killed-maryland-woman-was-known-ms-13-affiliate-report-finds/

Is this Calvin Klein's 'Bud light moment?' Ad featuring trans man who's not had top surgery modelling a bra sparks backlash - as shoppers say it's a 'far cry' from their usual snaps of chiseled models

Advert from the brand featuring Bappie Kortram caused backlash online

A Calvin Klein advert featuring a trans man posing in a sports bra has sparked furious backlash after going viral online.

In a promotional snap shared by the brand, who have long been known for their sultry and sexy ads featuring toned topless models, Bappie Kortram can be seen wearing a pair of jeans and a sports bra.

Bappie, who is from the Netherlands, is represented by a number of modelling agencies around the world including British Zebedee Talent, who describe him as 'a trans man who has not had top surgery yet.'

The advert, which was initially shared as part of the Calvin Klein Pride 2022 Campaign, went viral this week after it was reposted on Twitter by Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis, who posted: 'Calvin Klein wants to go broke.'

Images from the same shoot are still being used on Calvin Klein's British website.

Other users were stunned by the advert, with one writing: 'Disgusting and I love Calvin Klein jeans. This is not a great ad for his clothes at all. Stop bowing down to all these demands, as this will only hurt your brand in the long run.'

Another added: 'The bra/beard thing has me confused. If he's trying to be more feminine, why keep the beard or is this transwomen having beards a thing?

'Is he just gay and wearing a bra because he's overweight and think it's cute? So many questions. Lol.'

A third wrote: 'Wow this makes the clothes look ugly. I thought ads worked on making stuff look attractive and aspirational?'

Another commented: 'Good for them they feel that good about themselves but I don’t believe most people find this physically attractive or want to see it. I sure don’t!

'No thank Calvin Klein enjoy your time with Bud Light!'

Another wrote: 'This cannot be legit. Come on. Let me wake up from this nightmare.'

One added: 'Gross. A far cry from their haute couture ads.'

'I don't understand why they want to promote ugly,' one commented while another wrote: 'That must appeal to like 10 people.'

'In their bid to appease a tiny minority, they're alienating a huge majority!' another wrote.

However others defended the advert, with one commenting it was the 'first time they'd ever felt like a Calvin Klein model.'

Other images from the campaign also show Bappie posing in a pair of boxers and a different bra.

Meanwhile another snapshot shows the two models featured apparently exchanging a kiss, while Bappie places his hands on the other model's Calvin Klein briefs.

Bappie shared a post on Instagram last year when the images were first taken, revealing how happy he was to have been featured by the famous brand.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12118569/Is-Calvin-Kleins-Bud-light-moment-Ad-featuring-trans-man-sports-bra-sparks-backlash.html

Connecticut Passes Bill to Ban ‘Discrimination’ Against ‘Minor Attracted Persons’

On May 9, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bill that would effectively expand the definition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation to include “discrimination” against so-called “minor-attracted persons.”

H.B. 6638, also known as “An Act Revising the State’s Antidiscrimination Statutes,” passed by a landslide margin of 132-17, with two members absent from the vote. A significant majority of the state’s 53 House Republicans voted in favor of the bill.

The state’s House Democratic caucus described the bill as seeking to “modernize and improve consistency in” the state’s “discrimination statutes.” The Connecticut American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which supports the bill, used similar language, stating that “it modernizes the existing definition of sexual orientation, moving away from thirty-year-old outdated and offensive terminology.”

However, many critics say that this “updated” definition would by extension allow the state to aid and abet pedophilic predators.

The Family Institute of Connecticut has termed H.B. 6638 the “Pedophile Anti-Discrimination Bill.” One week after the controversial bill passed in the state House, the non-profit stated that if the legislation were enacted, it would change the state’s legal definition of “sexual orientation”

in 2 big ways. It becomes untethered from “heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality” and instead ties to “identity.” Second, it now includes identities whose underlying behavior would be a sex crime.

Untied from the orientations of “heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality” the law will be changed to prevent discrimination of any “identity”. Identities related to any romantic, emotional or sexual attraction towards a gender.

Therefore, the Family Institute of Connecticut argues that “even people with sexual attractions like pedophilia and nepiophilia would be protected from discrimination,” although “the associated behavior” would remain criminal, because the bill “would not legalize those crimes.”

Despite conceding that the bill does not go as far as to make pedophilia legal in Connecticut, the nonprofit asserts it would make it so

Connecticut citizens and businesses could not deny persons with those professed sexual attractions and identities from working or volunteering in our homes, hospitals, and schools, or otherwise “discriminate” based on those professed attractions.

The bill has yet to be voted on by the state Senate. If it passes in the upper chamber, it will head to the desk of Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont, who has a record of being a consistent promoter of the LGBTQ movement.

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https://catholicvote.org/ct-passes-bill-discrimination-minor-attracted-persons/

The best Liars Compilation EVER

https://youtu.be/wL6MId9_T88

Steve Bannon warns Elon Musk is ‘bought and paid for’ by Communist China

Steve Bannon, former top adviser to President Donald Trump, believes America is fading fast under the current regime, but he still believes there is a chance to return the country to some semblance of normal and save it before a total collapse.

That’s if Joe Biden and the Democrats are defeated in 2024.

In an interview with Natural News founder and editor Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, for Brighteon TV, Bannon, who hosts the popular “War Room” podcast on the Real America’s Voice network, was first asked if he agrees that the country is living through one of the most dire situations in its entire history, and there is only a short window of opportunity to turn things around or lose the country as it was founded.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt. I think if you look at the three previous crises of this country — the Civil War, the Great Depression, and World War II…and that’s just the problems on the basic politics, economics, invasion, sovereignty issues. It doesn’t even deal with the issues of an existential threat like the Chinese Communist Party and how they’ve infiltrated… And it doesn’t even touch upon artificial intelligence and the convergence and the singularity. So if you look at this — this is, I think, the most dangerous time not simply in American history, I think it’s the most dangerous time in world history. And now, because of artificial intelligence and biotechnology and the advances, I think it’s the most dangerous time for the human race.

He also agreed with Adams that the programmers of AI tools like ChatGTP are injecting left-wing cultural mores and “woke” values, but he added it gets worse than that. Eventually, he believes that AI machines and algorithms will be able to program themselves and could even view humanity as the ‘enemy.’

During the segment, the two also discussed billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who Bannon said bought Twitter as a means of eventually creating a massive AI operation. He also claimed that Musk’s electric vehicle company, Tesla, was funded with Chinese money.

“If he’s got some plan or sees it as some cybernetic global brain for humanity…if you see what he’s thinking about with Twitter, what he feels he has, combined with the AI of Tesla, understanding that both are fully financed by the Chinese Communist Party, that’s never been disclosed, and he won’t talk about it, we have a problem.”

Adams noted that Brighteon TV content remains banned on Twitter despite Musk’s free speech pledge and that his legal team has already sent demand letters to the platform with a warning that a lawsuit will be forthcoming unless Musk allows the content to be shown.

But Bannon doesn’t believe Musk is prepared to do that because, he said, Adams is one of the most sophisticated anti-CCP voices in America today, and Musk is “bought and paid for” by the Chinese.

Next, the topic turned to the global effort to centralize currencies through the use of digitized money via “Central Bank Digital Currencies,” with Adams noting that Western governments, in particular, are rapidly moving in that direction.

https://www.dcclothesline.com/2023/05/24/steve-bannon-warns-elon-musk-is-bought-and-paid-for-by-communist-china/